Python Penetration Testing Essentials: Employ the power of Python to get the best out of pentesting

Mohit Raj

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3 (9 Ratings)

eBook Jan 2015 178 pages 1st Edition

Mohit Raj

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eBook Jan 2015 178 pages 1st Edition

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If you are a Python programmer or a security researcher who has basic knowledge of Python programming and want to learn about penetration testing with the help of Python, this book is ideal for you. Even if you are new to the field of ethical hacking, this book can help you find the vulnerabilities in your system so that you are ready to tackle any kind of attack or intrusion.

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Monitor the Ethernet IP and TCP traffic over the network
Explore wireless traffic with the help of various programs
Perform wireless attacks with Python programs
Check live systems and distinguish between the operating system and services of a remote machine
Broaden your concepts in pentesting right from the basics of the client/server architecture in Python
Gather passive information from a website using automated scripts
Perform XSS, SQL injection, and parameter tampering attacks

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Kindle Customer Mar 25, 2015

Although the subject of security is not my area of expertise I bought this book with the idea of grasping the principles of systems / networks penetration in order to become more familiar with the tools used for such purposes.This is the kind of book that not only teaches you something new but does it in a refreshing way. I made me wonder: why would anyone rewrite some well known script in bash (or even a bat file for that matter) in Python ? because we can ! I can hear a lot of voices saying it outloud. But what if I told you that you can rewrite complete tools to sniff a network ? or how about using sockets directly from the command line ? If you ever wondered that too, well this is the book for us.Below you can see an image of my (Enthought Canopy) command line trying to get through the office's Proxy Server using one of the book's scripts.

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perceive Mar 15, 2015

We have another Python book, this time dedicated to Penetration Testing.The book itself is as much as use case scenario for using Python as a guide to Pen Testing, so if you are expecting a pen testing education I'd suggest more than this book here.However, if what you are after is how to use Python with real world examples this book may suit your needs. The provided code examples (you can download the code as well from Packt) are all very helpful in understanding where Python can be used in this field.If you have some experience in Pen testing already, the code will be more useful than nearly anything else.The main reason that I reduced the mark to 4 stars was that the books examples are all Python 2, not 3. For a book published in 2015 I'd like to know that the future proofing of my learning was in place. While there is an abundance of Python 2 code out there and it will not be going away anytime soon, the general python community is showing signs that the schism between 2 and 3 are reducing with more and more python 3 code being written. This is a minor issue for me, as most OS that I use will be maintaining support for both as far as I can see into the future.

Tim Crothers Mar 16, 2015

Solid introduction to using Python for Pentesting applications. The book doesn't go into an extreme amount of depth but then this is an "essentials" book. Topic was covered logically and the included sample code makes for a good baseline for crafting your own penetration related tools in Python. The book could use some more editing to clean up errors but they were all minor in nature so I only dinged one star as a result. Overall very good starting place if you wish to learn to craft some of your own tools for doing pentesting in Python. Well worth the purchase price.

Finn M Glas Jan 14, 2019

Good but long read that tought me a lot

WagesOfSin Jul 08, 2017

Its a pretty good book, I'm half way through and using it to prep me for other Python Pentest books which delve into the topic deeply. I thought a good strategy would be to use this lighter book as an intro for deeper books such as Violent Python. My biggest concern though is the editing! I have have to correct lines in the code which had typos all through out the book.

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